“As everyone knows, we came to a natural end of things at Juventus. In Italy, we tend to look at the negative things and we should focus on the positive. For example, today Benevento and Pippo Inzaghi deserve credit for today’s win against Juve, it’s not just Juve’s ‘fault’ for losing.
“We reached a natural ending. There were differences of opinion. The President made the decision and I still have a good rapport with Andrea (Agnelli).
“It was a great alchemy for five years, so many elements just clicked, we made some great moves on the transfer market, we had fun.
“The hierarchy, so the President, Paratici and Nedved, decided to make a change. The end of that final season was the logical conclusion of the rapport between Juventus and me.
“I remain very fond of Juventus, and on a professional level I really do get passionate about these clubs where I work, I did the same at Milan and Cagliari before that.”
Was Allegri disappointed to be dismissed?
“Nobody is happy to lose a job…”
“Juventus were unlucky against Porto over the two legs and they perhaps deserved to go through, but this is more of an overall discussion. It’s a pleasure to see players who are technically gifted and we should encourage that in our youth academies.
“Arrigo Sacchi and I disagree on a lot of things. We agree it’s a team sport, but in a team sport you need 10 players who are good at passing the ball to each other quickly, otherwise you run into trouble.”
"Would I return to Juventus? I don't know, it's hard to say now. "